cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoTerminologylemmy.worldimagemessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTerminologylemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square69linkfedilink
minus-squareheartSagan5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s an old lookup tool. I believe it printed the gecos/“meta data about a username logged in” from passwd on UNIX boxes back in the day. You can do getent passwd $USER
It’s an old lookup tool. I believe it printed the gecos/“meta data about a username logged in” from passwd on UNIX boxes back in the day.
You can do
getent passwd $USER